CAE Engineer

Role overview

CAE Engineer

Key responsibilities

• Perform advanced structural and dynamic simulations for spacecraft components to ensure compliance with mission requirements, safety margins, and applicable standards.
• Collaborate with design engineers to optimize CAD models for simulation and manufacturability, ensuring the seamless integration of simulation insights into the product development workflow.
• Development of reduced models or super elements, familiarity with various FEA formats, and deck preparation.
• Develop finite element models of composite components and structures using Hypermesh.
• Develop and execute test plans for validation of simulation predictions, including environmental testing (vibration, thermal, shock) and functional assessments. Correlate results with simulations to refine model accuracy.
• Conduct optimization studies to minimize weight while maintaining structural integrity, and perform risk assessments to identify potential failure modes and propose mitigation strategies.
• Act as a bridge between design, manufacturing, and testing teams to ensure alignment between simulated results and real-world performance. Provide technical support during manufacturing, assembly, and testing phases.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality simulation outputs within defined budgets and timelines.
• Stay current with emerging CAE technologies such as AI-driven optimization and reduced-order modeling to improve simulation efficiency and effectiveness.

Candidate requirements

• Do you have a Bachelor&aposs or Master&aposs degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or a related engineering field
• Do you have a minimum of 2 to 3 years of hands-on experience in Finite Element Modeling (FEM)
• Strong grasp of mechanics: statics, dynamics, kinematics, and heat transfer.
• Proficiency in FEA tools: ANSYS, HyperMesh (latest GUI is preferred).
• Experience with high-fidelity simulation models and interpreting critical results (stress, thermal, failure points).
• Hands-on with modal, harmonic, transient, and multiphysics simulations (thermal-structural, FSI).
• Knowledge of topology optimization and CAE-based design validation.
• Background in aerospace/space/defense; familiarity with spacecraft design standards and environmental testing.
• Collaborative mindset; ability to work across design, manufacturing, and testing teams.
• Strong technical reporting and presentation skills.
• Analytical thinking with problem-solving and risk assessment capabilities.
• Adaptable, quick to learn new tools and workflows.
• Understanding of materials (metals, composites) and manufacturing processes (additive, machining).